Tag: legislation
COMMENTARY: 2022 Will Be a Great Year for Blacks and People of Color in...
When leadership reflects people of color, America is in a better place for opportunity and progressive ideas for Black people. Whether you’re looking forward...
Senate Passes Bill to Honor Emmett Till and His Mother
The Senate has passed a bill to award the Congressional Gold Medal posthumously to Emmett Till, the Chicago teenager murdered by white supremacists in...
Voting Rights Battle Ahead in Early 2022
In 2021, 440 bills to restrict voting access were introduced in 49 states. Nineteen states passed 34 new laws making it more difficult to...
House Judiciary Committee Passes Emmett Till Anti-Lynching Act
The House Judiciary Committee has passed the Emmett Till Anti-lynching Act (H.R. 55), legislation introduced by U.S. Representative Bobby L. Rush (D-Ill.) that would...
In High-powered Lobbying Fight, U. S. Black Chambers, Inc. is the Subject of Questionable...
By Hazel Trice Edney, Trice Edney Wire
Formed just months ago, The Makers and Merchants Coalition has been an outspoken opponent of legislation that seeks...
